Single Idea 377

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 2. Hedonism]

Full Idea

Would you, Protarchus, gladly live your whole life experiencing only the greatest pleasure? Would you think you were still lacking anything?

Gist of Idea

If you lived a life of maximum pleasure, would you still be lacking anything?

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.354 BCE], 21a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.67


A Reaction

the pleasure machine problem